Twenty-two charged in Evansville grug trafficking case
February 5th, 2010 - 4:52 am ICT by BNO NewsEVANSVILLE, INDIANA (BNO NEWS) – Twenty-two persons have been charged in U.S. District Court in Evansville with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on Thursday, according to the Department of Justice.
The investigation was led by the Evansville office of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Joint Drug Task Force. During the operation 150 law enforcement officers arrested twenty-two individuals in Evansville, Henderson, Kentucky and Miami, Florida.
They secured 1/4 kilogram of powder cocaine, a quantity of crack cocaine, $21,000 in cash and sixteen firearms.
Three of the suspects, Jean Sterling, Sledge Siede and Francouer Pierre are alleged members of the Miami based street gang “Zoe Pound”. Such criminal organization was founded by Haitian immigrants and it’s known by its involvement in drug trafficking, robbery and related violent crime as well as facilitating and advancing the conspiracy’s drug trafficking activities in Evansville.
The defendants were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute both “crack” and powder cocaine and also with separate instances of using their cellular telephones to facilitate drug trafficking offenses.
If convicted they could face maximum possible prison sentences of life imprisonment, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew P. Brookman, who is prosecuting the case.
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